Legging.



PATENTED APR. 26, 1904.

No. 758,349. I

J. M. BRAUN.

LEGGING.

APPLIOATIOK FILED JAN. 29. 1904.

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UNIT D STATES Patented April 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

LEGGING.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N0. 758,349, dated April 26, 1904. Application filed January 29, 1904. Serial No. 191,170. We model.)

To all whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN M. BRAUN, a citizen of the United States,-residing at Chicago, I

in the county of Cook and State of'Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Leggings, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a legging which shall be easy to apply to and remove from the leg, which shall be strong and durable, which will not become easily disarranged when adjusted, which will be'easy to arrange, and which will not tend to chafe the leg or shoe and at the same time will present a neat and elegant appearance and will keep its proper shape under all circumstances.

The invention more particularly consists in the means employed for fastening the leggingand enabling its application to and removal from the leg; and the invent-ion finally consists in the features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed;

In thedrawings, Figure 1-is a side elevation of the legging closed; Fig. 2, a detail view of the edge of the inner flap of the legging; Fig. 3, a detail view of the inner side of the outer flap; Fig. t, a view of the jointed fasteningbar in normal position; Fig. 5, a view of, the same bar in bent position; Fig. 6, a longitu-,

'dinal elevation of one of the fastening-sockets and surrounding fabric, and Fig. 7 acrosssectional view of the same.

- The legging is constructed of canvas, leather, or other suitable material to have a body 7 portion A conforming to the general contour oi the leg, and said body portion is provided with an outer edge a and an inner edge a,

adapted to be superimposed upon one another,

as is usual in the construction of leggings. The outer edge is constructed of double thickness of material to have an outer wall a and an inner wall a folded back upon the outer wall and stitched thereto to leave an elongated pocket or casing, within which is located a fastening-bar B, composed of sections 6, tapered at their ends, and said sections are pivoted to one another at their inner ends by means of a pivot 5 which passes through the outer wall a of the flap, and to said pivot on the outside of the legging is secured a strap Z2 which cooperates with a buckle b on the opposite flap of the legging.

The inner flap a of the legging is constructed similarly to the outer flap to have an inner fold c and an outer fold 0, leaving a pocket within which is located a solid reinforcingbar C, having at its opposite ends outwardlyprojecting sockets 0 adaptedto receive the tapered ends of the jointed'locking-bar when the latter are expanded, and said sockets are suitably placed so that when the locking-bar has been drawn back into the position shown in Fig. 5 the ends ofsaid bar may be drawn away from the sockets to open the legging, and when the sections of the locking-bar are projected to have the relation shown in Fig.

4 the tapered ends will be outwardly thrustinto the sockets, therebylocking the outer flap into the inner flap. The material around the sockets is reinforced by means of leather strips D, which, moreover, serve to hold the.

sockets in place and prevent any jarring or rattling of the parts when in locked relation.

Each of the sockets is provided with a top wall (Z and side walls d, which side Walls pass down through openings d in the plate and strips and also by the fabricwhich surrounds the joint.

The outer flap of the legging isprovided at its lower end with a strap E, which cooperates with a buckle e, and the legging is completed by the strap E, which is intended topass under the shoe and be secured by the buckle e, i

as "is usual in the construction of leggings.

- In use'the legging is positionedon the leg ,in the usual manner and the ointed lockingbar bent back until its ends are suificiently contracted to slip into the'sockets, after which the strap b 'is buckled, thereby straightening up the ends of the locking-bar and forcing them into the sockets and preventingthe backward movement or bending of the locking-bar so long as the strap remains buckled. By

positioning the strap at this point it not only prevents the accidental displacement of the locking-bar, but at the same time holds the two flaps of the legging into close contact one upon another and enables a single strap to firmly hold the legging in place. The reinforcingbar in the under flap prevents the legging from being outwardly bulged or straightened, and when the ends of the locking-bar have been slipped into the sockets the outer flap is likewise prevented from having its ends turned back or bulged out. It will thus be seen that the invention is simple in construction and arrangement and at the same time strong, neat, and durable in use.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a legging, the combination of a body portion terminating in inner and outer flaps or edges adapted to be superimposed one upon the other, sockets in one of the edges, and a jointed locking-bar secured to the other flap and adapted to have its ends forced outwardly into the sockets when in locked position and adapted to have its ends withdrawn from the sockets by the bending of the jointed lockingbar at its joint, substantially as described.

2. In a legging, the combination of a body portion terminating in inner and outer flaps or edges adapted to be superimposed one upon the other, sockets in one of the edges, a jointed locking bar secured to the other flap and adapted to have its ends forced outwardly into the sockets when in locked position and adapted to have its ends withdrawn from the sockets by the bending of the jointed locking-bar at its joint, and a strap on .one of the flaps adapted to be secured to the other flap for preventing the bending of the jointed lockingbar when in locked position, substantially as described.

3. In a legging, the combination of a body portion terminating in inner and outer flaps or edges, a reinforcing-bar on one of the flaps provided near its ends with sockets, a lockingbar on the opposite flap or edge consisting of two sections pivoted together and adapted to have their ends enter the sockets on the reinforcing-bar when the sections are in straightened or expanded relation and adapted to have' theends withdrawn therefrom when the sections are bent on their pivot in respect to one another, substantially as described.

4. In a legging, the combination 'ofa body portion terminating in inner and outer flaps or edges, a reinforcing-bar on one of the flaps provided near its ends with sockets, a lockingbar on the opposite flap or edge consisting of two sections pivoted together and adapted to have their ends enter the sockets on the reinforcing-bar when the sections are in straightened or expanded relation and adapted to have the ends withdrawn therefrom when the sections are bent on their pivot in respect to one another, and a strap secured at the pivotal point of the locking-bar and adapted to be secured to the opposite flap to prevent the locking-bar from being bent on its pivot when the strap is fastened thereby holding the ends of the locking-bar within the sockets, sub stantially as described. I

5. In a legging, the combination of a body portion terminating in inner and outer flaps or edges adapted to be superimposed one upon another, a flat reinforcing-bar secured to the inner flap or edge, sockets near the ends of the flat reinforcing-bar, a fiat locking-bar composed of two sections having their inner ends superimposed-one upon another, a pivot passing through the two sections pivoting them together and allowing the outer ends of the sections to be thrust outwardly into the sockets when the sections are in straightened position and allowing the ends to be withdrawn from the sockets when the locking bar is drawn back and the sections brought into angular relation with one another, substantially as described.

6. In a'legging, the combination of a body portion terminating in inner and outer flaps or edges adapted to be superimposed one upon another, a flat reinforcing-bar secured to the inner flap or edge, sockets near the ends of the flat reinforcing-bar, a flat locking-bar composed'of two sections having their inner ends superimposed one upon another, a pivot passing through the two sections pivoting them together and allowing the outer ends of the sections to be thrust outwardly into the sockets when the sections are in straightened position and allowing the ends to be withdrawn from the sockets when the locking bar is drawn back and the sections brought into angular relation with one another, and a strap secured at the pivotal point of the locking-bar and adapted to be secured to the opposite flap to prevent the locking-bar from being bent on its pivot when the strap is fastened, thereby holding the ends of the locking-bar within the sockets, substantially as described.

JOHN M. BRAUN.

Witnesses:

. WALKER BANNING, WILLIAM P. BOND. 

